25th Apr 1836 | 74 Enslaved | £1287 18s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 287.
T71/856: claim by John Wade, St Mary, owner-in-fee. Awarded to James Jackson Sewell, Richard Thomas and Henry Swanson as executors of John Wade.
See also St Mary claim no. 273.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Mary
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Claim No.
49
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Estate
Essex Plantation
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica St Mary 49 (Essex Plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/19425 [accessed 19th April 2024].
